As we greet October, we welcome you to attend upcoming UMIH events.

 

They include an exciting roundtable this Wednesday at which speakers will share reflections on how making things—from paper to beaded objects to photographs—informs their work in the humanities.

 

We also invite you to join our UMIH book group, which will meet twice this Fall to discuss Dr. Tiya Miles’ All That She Carried. Free copies of this book are available for book group members. Please join us to discuss Miles’ critically acclaimed and methodologically innovative study of a handmade relic of a family’s experiences of both enslavement and resilience.

 

Now that October is here, we can also look forward to welcoming you to the first of a trio of Crafternoons, a series of free drop-in crafting sessions exploring the role of hands-on making and material culture in the humanities.

 

Read on to learn more. We hope to see you soon. Please email us at umih@umanitoba.ca if you have questions or requests!

 

Upcoming events:

 

Hands-On Humanities: A Roundtable

Wednesday 2 OCT, 2:30 – 4:00 (Tier 409)

 

Exploring practices as diverse as beading, woodworking, and chemical photography, six speakers will reflect on how hands-on practices are shaping their research, teaching, and/or outreach. Please join us to hear from: Dr. Alison Calder, Dr. Warren Cariou, Dr. Sarah Elvins, Dr. Nicole Goulet, Dr. Len Kuffert, and Dr. Celiese Lypka (U of Winnipeg).

 

Crafternoons: A free drop-in crafting session.

Wednesday 16 OCT (2:30-4:00, Tier 409)

 

To deepen UMIH’s engagement with material culture and hands-on making, we are inviting you to come and try out a new craft OR join us to work on a project you already have underway. All are welcome (students, instructors, and support staff) to stop by and spend some time making. At this first meeting, we’ll be sharing supplies and instructions for weaving with mini-looms. Come to discover the present-day possibilities of an ancient practice. No experience required.

 

First Meeting of the UMIH Book Group

Tuesday 22 OCT (2:30 - 4:00, Tier 409)

 

Join us for the first of two conversations about Tiya Miles’ award-winning book All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake (2022). You can learn more about this book here. At the first meeting, we will discuss the first four chapters. If you’re thinking of joining our book group, please email umih@umanitoba.ca to request your free copy. Students, instructors, support staff, and library staff are all welcome.

 

Two sponsored events:

 

·         The following event is presented by the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media.

 

Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn (Kyiv National Linguistics University)

Gestalt Narrative in Migration Fiction: Valya Dudycz Lupescu’s The Silence of Trees

 

Thursday 3 OCT, 1:00 – 2:00 (Haney Reading Room, Fletcher Argue 625)

 

Please come to hear a talk by ETFM Visiting Speaker Dr. Mariya Shymchyshyn (Chair of Literary Theory and World Literature, Kyiv National Linguistics University). All are welcome.

 

·         The following event is presented by the 2SLGBTQ+ Histories Series.

 

Dr. Tom Hooper (Department of Equity Studies, York University)

"Resisting Anti-Queer and Anti-Trans Hate: Lessons from 1970s Toronto"

 

Friday, 11 October 2024, 2:30 pm; 108 St. John's College. Everyone is welcome to attend.

 

In January 1978 anti-Queer and anti-Trans activist Anita Bryant brought her "Save Our Children" campaign to Toronto. The previous year Bryant had organized against a Miami-Dade, Florida ordinance that protected against discrimination based on sexual orientation. Bryant's central argument was that this ordinance protected Queer and Trans people from discrimination in employment, including teachers and others who worked with children. The campaign to define Queer and Trans people as a threat to children worked, the Miami-Dade ordinance was repealed. Bryant was emboldened and embarked on a cross-continent campaign that also included a brief time Canada. Queer and Trans communities resisted these campaigns with various tactics. In this presentation I argue that studying our communities' resistance to Anita Bryant could be useful as our communities rally to resist anti-Queer and anti-Trans hate today.

 

The 2SLGBTQ+ Histories Series are thankful to the following units at the University of Manitoba for their support of Dr. Hooper's lecture: Office of the Vice-Provost (Equity); Faculty of Arts; Faculty of Education; Faculty of Graduate Studies; Department of English, Film, Theatre, and Media; Department of History; Women's and Gender Studies Program; Institute for the Humanities; The Centre for Human Rights Research; and UM Queer.